Activity-dependent changes to the brain and behavior of the honey bee, Apis mellifera (L.)

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 7148-7156

  Sigg, Dominique ^a   Thompson, Caryn M ^a   Mercer, Alison R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antennal lobes; Apis mellifera; Juvenile hormone; Learning; Memory; Structural plasticity

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE; METHOPRENE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0030804410     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-18-07148.1997     Document Type: Article

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